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To tame a monster, become one.

Author: Jossie.D
last update Last Updated: 2025-06-17 22:35:03

Xena’s POV.

The coffee shop was quiet, with soft music playing in the background. I sat near the window with Lady Megan across from me. She was stirring her tea slowly, her sharp eyes focused on me.

“So,” she said, “tell me everything you know about Chloe and Anna.”

I froze, placing my cup on the table gently. “What do you mean?”

“Aren't you two sisters?”

I nodded in affirmation.

“What caused the huge rift between the two of you? Don't tell me it's because you are impure, I know it's deeper than that.”

I inhaled deeply, moving forward. “I don't know,” I muttered. “She never liked me and after my mother died— our mother, she broke completely, she slept with my fiance and sold me to Kael.”

Lady Megan's eyes widened in shock. Every line on her face told me that she was horrified by my story.

“Couldn't you have resisted?” She finally found her words.

“How?” I smiled faintly. “I am just an impure wolf with nowhere to go, they threatened to report me to the council and that would have
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